5.5
CVE-2011-2918
- EPSS 0.92%
- Veröffentlicht 24.05.2012 23:55:02
- Zuletzt bearbeitet 16.06.2026 23:32:15
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The Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not properly handle event overflows associated with PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK events, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application.
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Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 3.1
| Typ | Quelle | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.92% | 0.556 |
| Quelle | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIST | 5.5 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
|
| NIST | 4.9 | 3.9 | 6.9 |
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/16/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730706
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233